Str231

Code name (Unique Key)

Str231

Type of structural unit

Door frame

List of related timber evidence

Imprint on mud-brick / clay / plaster / ash

Location code

Palace at Zakros

Space code

Spa262

List of chronological phases

Late Minoan I B (1500-1450)

Position in the space

Palace, West Wing. The door-opening between Room XIII and the space (narrow corridor) to the SW of it.

Preserved height

0.70 (preserved height of the NW wall of Room XXIII)

Type of door (architectural)

Interior door

Number of door leafs

Unknown

Type of door jamb bases

Stone

Shape of the door jamb bases

Irregular (unshaped)

Type of threshold (architectural)

Unknown

Distance between bases and the horizontal timbers of the lintel

Not preserved

Presence of transversal horizontal timber on the stone base

Unknown

Presence of transversal horizontal timber at other position of the timber frame of the door (intermediate, lintel levels)

Unknown

Position of vertical timbers at each jamb pier of the timber frame of the door

NW jamb: At each corner of its SW side/face
SE jamb: At each corner of the end of the mud-brick partition wall of Room XXIII

Number of vertical timbers at each jamb pier of the timber frame of the door

2

Type of lintel

Unknown

Type of infill between vertical timbers

Mud-bricks

Type of masonry of the wall

Mud-brick

Plaster on the door

Unknown

Presence of plaster on the wall

Unknown

Description of the connection of the door frame with the wall

Adjusted to the NW mud-brick jamb of the door and to the NW end of the SW mud-brick partition wall of Room XXIII.

State of preservation when excavated

Bad

Current state of preservation

Partly restored

Type of destruction

Fire

Method of documentation

On site

General description of the door frame

The current appearance of the preserved vertical imprints of the door-frame is the result of restoration work.

Media legend and metadata

Photo_Zak_Str231_001
Photo_Zak_Str231_002

Linked resources

  • Tim402

    Imprint of longitudinal vertical timber at the south corner (on the SE side...

  • Tim403

    At the point where the NW wall of Room XXIII meets the mud-brick structure ...

  • Tim404

    Vertical timber element, located at the western corner of the SW wall of Ro...

  • Tim405

    Vertical timber element, located at the northern corner of the SW wall of R...